Associations to the word «Paramyxovirus»

Wiktionary

PARAMYXOVIRUS, noun. Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.

Dictionary definition

PARAMYXOVIRUS, noun. A group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats